A sequel to Limiter
Author: Kyoko_godaikun aka sentaikat
Pairing: Akame, †Kame/Maru
Genre: A/U Angst
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own Kat-Tun. Wish I did. But I do own the concepts of the
Gotsu Empire and the Miyagi Empire.
Note: This takes place in the far future.
Note 2: this is simply a love story with no war.
Note 3: This story is weird.

Note 4: this part is sad, but there is a happy ending J

Summary: Kame asks Jin to leave his unit. When Jin refuses, Kame breaks
up with him.

Six months had passed since the three brothers had their limiters
removed. It was a beautiful Miyagi night. The six moons were all full. The
planet was bathed in twilight like glow.

Jin walked down the pathway of the grounds with Kame. Jin was so nervous he
could feel his heart thumping in his chest. He had grown close to Kame. They
had become the best of friends, But in Jin's heart, Kame was more then a
friend. They were not lovers yet. Because Jin had asked for
time. Finally, Jin realized that he wanted to be Kame's lover.

They stopped beneath a tree, far from the vision of outsiders.

"I didn't know I was alive until I met you." Kame told him.
"I now see everything with new eyes."

"Miyagi is so beautiful."

"Not as handsome as you." Kame kissed him.

Jin kissed him back. He could feel Kame's arms go around him, pulling him
closer. Then Kame's lips gently touched Jin's and Jin parted his lips. Kame
loved him with his tongue. Kame was then pulling him to the ground.

Then reality hit Jin. Using all his will, he pulled away from Kame.
"My prince, we can't. Not here, where people could see."

"I don't understand. Don't you like me?"

"I love you," he confessed.

"It's all right," Kame tried to reassure. "I love you
too."

"We can never be together. You deserve to love someone who isn't a desgrace, who isn't a criminal." Jin decided he had to
tell the truth. Tears stung his eyes. This was harder then he had expected.
"My mother had to find a way to get rid of me. When she found out that you
had an unmarried sister, she leapt on the chance. Her disgrace would be out of
the way. No longer would the shame of my being a criminal hang over our
house."

"I don't understand." Kame said confused. "What kind of
disgrace could you be? What crime did you commit?"

"All three of our unit love men." Jin admitted. "I can
fake that I love woman, but inside I don't."

"It's not like that on Miyagi." Kame told him. "Gays are
allowed to have normal lives. To live in freedom, to fall in
love."

"But I'm a criminal." Jin insisted.

"Prince Jin, look at me." There was something in Kame's voice
that made Jin turn to him. Kame reached out, whipping the tears from his face.
"I never want to hear you call yourself a criminal again."

"You are a whore!" Kame punched Jin hard in the face. "You
won't sleep with me, but you will with them."

"Please Prince Kame, try and understand." Jin tried to explain.

"What's there to understand?" Kame spat.

"I don't sleep with them!" Tears stung Jin's eyes.

"Bullshit! How can you be married to someone and not sleep with
them?" There was hatred in Kame's eyes. "You're a slut."

"Our marriage isnít like that." Jin gasped.

"It's me or them," There was hatred in Kame's voice.
"Which one will you pick?"

"I can't leave my brothers." Jin told him. "But..."

"I hate you! I can never forgive you." Kame told him. "You
made your choice, go back to your unit."

Kame got up and ran as far as he could away from Jin. All Jin could do
was watch his ex-boy friend leave. His heart felt like
a stake had been pounded into it. Then heartbroken, Jin began to cry.

***************************

Junno was lying in bed with Ueda. The two were basking in the afterglow
of lovemaking. Junno had learned from Ueda what love really was. The first
lover he had made love to without the passion drugs that Junno had to always
take on Miyagi. He found that lovemaking was the most wonderful thing in the
universe.

"When we get married, can my brother's be in our wedding
party?" Junno asked he looked up from Ueda's shoulder where he usually
slept after loving.

"Well, they are a part of your unit." Ueda kissed him gently.

"You don't mind my unit?" Junno asked. "I mean my unit
will still be married after we get married."

"It's not the same kind of marriage," Ueda reminded him.
"It's stage four marriages. We'll be stage one."

"I keep forgetting you studied my culture," Junno said.

"I want to wear a kimono when we get married," Ueda continued. "A woman's kimono."

"What about the one I met you in?" Junno asked. "You
looked beautiful in it."

"There's a kimono that's been in my family for thousands of
years." Ueda told him. 'Donít' worry; I will look beautiful in it. At
least I think so."

Just then, Junno's communicator began to beep an emergency signal.

*******************

Jin sat in the small yard that was part of the unit's quarters. He had
returned to an empty apartment. Junno was out with Ueda. The pair was almost
living together. He had tried Junno's communicator, but it was on voice mail.
So he left a message. He wasn't too sure were Maru was. Probably out with Koki.
He wondered what their lovers would say once they found they were part of a
unit. Would his brother's hearts be broken too?

Jin looked up to the night sky, at the full moons. They myths of this
planet called them loverís moons. That those who pledge their
love during it would stay together forever. But Jin knew that he would
never be together with Kame again.

What was Jin going to do? He had been raised to be a member of a unit. He
had always depended on his brothers to be with him when he was upset. Now he
knew what Maru must have felt like in the hospital. Jin was alone, so very
alone. His heart felt as if it were breaking in two.

"So this is where you are," Maru sat down on the ground next to
him.

"Leave me alone." Jin turned to hide his tears.

"What's wrong?" Maru asked concerned.

"Kame broke up with me,"

"What happened?"

The tears began to fall. "He asked me if I felt married, and I had
to tell him the truth."

"Oh Jin, you shouldnít' have done that!" Maru said annoyed.

"He says he hates me." Even more tears. "He called me a
slut."

Maru called Junno on his communicator, telling him to come home right
away, it was an emergency. Then he turned back to Jin, taking him in his arms.

"No one hurts you this way and gets away with it." Maru stroked
Jin's hair.

"What do you care? We're no longer a unit." He said glumly.
"Both of you have someone."

"We'll always be a unit," Maru promised.

Just then Junno followed by Ueda came out into the garden. They were both
wearing robes.

"Go ask your brother," Jin said. "He's the one that broke
up with me."

Jin watched as Junno pulled Ueda back into the quarters. He couldn't help
but overhear Junno say. "I'm sorry, but I need to be alone with my brother
right now."

"I won't expect you home tonight,"

"Why do you think that?" Junno asked.

"Jin needs you," Ueda's voice understood. "It's all right.
I understand. I'll see you in the morning."

"See you," Junno kissed Ueda and the prince left.

"Come on, we're going in." Maru took Jin's hand.

Jin followed his brother to their bedroom. They undressed to their
underwear and got under the covers. The three had always shared a large king
sized bed. It was Gotsu tradition for a unit to sleep in the same family bed.
There was nothing sexual about the family bed. It was simply a place for the
unit to sleep.

He felt Maru take him into his arms. Holding him, like he used to when
they were children.

Junno came into the room. He stripped off his robe and got in the other
side of the bed beside Jin. He too put his arms around Jin. "It's all
right, we're all together now."

"But you have someone now." Jin told him.

"That doesn't matter," Junno said. "We're still a
unit."

"Your boy friends, do they know about our unit?" Jin asked.

"Koki knows." Maru said. "It doesn't matter to him; his
father's a part of a unit."

"No big brother, you'll never be alone." Junno promised.
"No matter what happens our unit will still be strong."

"What would you do if I could get you your prince back?" Maru
asked.

"Kame hates me." Jin said. "Besides, that would leave you
alone."

"I'm not alone," Maru admitted. "I have Koki."

"It doesn't matter anyway," Jin began to cry again. "Kame
hates me. He thinks the three of us have sex."

"Did you tell him the truth? That we don't?" Junno asked.

"He wouldn't listen," Jin said.

"It's all right, you have us." Maru promised. "Try to get
Kame out of your mind."

Maru moved even closer into what they used to call a sandwich. The two brothers holding Jin tightly. Jin felt safe, warm
and loved as his brothers held him. He realized his unit would always be there
for him. After many minutes of cuddling and stroking, Jin fell asleep. His
brother's protecting him.

*********************

Kame sat in a chair by the balcony, sulking. He had been doing a lot of
thinking since he had broken up with Jin. It had hurt for Kame to find out that
Jin was married to his brothers. Kame had really thought that Jin loved him.
That he was the center of Jin's universe. Instead, he had found out that all
just one man in a line of many men. The fact hurt Kame more then anything.

Koki came into the room. "Sir, you have a visitor."

"I left instructions to be left alone." Kame snapped.

"Prince Maru would like to talk to you."

"Why? So he can throw his god damned unit in my face?" Kame
sneered.

"The empress ordered that you have to speak to Prince Maru,"
Koki told him.

"Get out!" Kame ordered.

Koki left the room. He could hear arguing coming from the hallway. Then
Maru stormed into the room.

"Prince Kame..."

"I want to be left alone." Kame said. "If you don't get
out, I'll call security."

"Please, two minutes." Maru said.

"Why do you need any time? To say how you are part of a unit, but
you force others to fall in love with you?" Kame demanded. "You're a
whore."

Maru did something unexpected. He knelt on the floor, and bowed low, with
his forehead against the floor. "Please your highness, listen to me."

"Hurry up." Kame sighed

"What happened was not because of Jin. It was my fault."

"What has that got to do with anything?"

"We are convicts." Maru admitted. "Jin was the one
tortured the worst because no matter what they did to him, he couldn't pass the
tests."

"So you're a convicted criminal?" Kame said harshly. "I'll
be sure you get deported back to Gotsu!"

"I'm sorry, but I can't." Kame admitted. "I will make sure
the three of you are allowed to stay, but I can't go back to Jin."

*************************

Two hours passed, and Kame was called to his mother's office. Maru and
his uncle Masa were sitting in chairs at the side of the Empress's desk.

"Please sit down." The Empress told him.

Kame sat in an empty chair. "What is it mother?"

"I hear you've been embarrassing our empire," His mother said.

"I don't understand what you mean," Kame said.

"Prince Maru's informed me that you are insensitive to the Gotsu
Culture," The Empress said. "Is that true?"

Kame glared at Maru. "I wouldn't call it insensitivity."

"I want you to tell me what you know about the Gotsu culture."

"The culture is repressive. The women have many husbands." Kame
said. "And they are our enemy."

"What else?"

"That's it." Kame shrugged.

The empress sighed and nodded her head. "Youíre right Prince Maru.
He does need to be educated."

"My education if fine, I have graduated from..."

"Enough!" The empress commanded. "I have made an order.
You will be made aware of the Gotsu culture. You will attend a two week course
with Masa, and then you will take a final."

"What happens if I don't pass?"

"You will pass!' The empress told him. "Or I will send you
somewhere as the Miyagi Empire as our Ambassador. I was thinking of the planet
Klom."

"The Kloms eat humans," Kame pointed
out.

"So you better study hard." the Empress told him. "You
will leave now with Masa."

"This doesn't mean I'll get back with Prince Jin." Kame said.

"This isn't so you can get back with your boyfriend!" The
Empress snapped. "No son of mine is going to be as ignorant as you to
other cultures."

************************************

Kame had been sent to be educated by Masa, Koki's father. He had to go to
Masa's office daily for lessons. He was the head of the Empresses household. He
was also a refugee from the Gotsu Empire.

"Today's lesson is about Units," Masa said. "And the
different stages of marriage in the Gotsu Empire."

"Marriage is marriage," Kame shrugged.

"No, it isn't." Masa said. "There are many stages to
marriage on Gotsu."

'All right, whatís the difference?"

"Take notes," Masa ordered. "The first stage is with many
husbands and one wife. The second stage is with one wife and one husband. The
third stage is between husbands whose wife has died. The fourth stage is the
unit, which is put together when the co-husbands are very young."

Kame wrote down the stages on a flimsy. "So Maru,
Jin and Junno are stage four marriages."

"Those three are a unit." Masa explained. "There bond is
very tight."

"I know, you can't talk to one without the
other two interfering."

'They are trying to protect themselves." Masa said. "Just like my two brothers and I did when we defected."

"But Maru acts so jealous when I even talk to Jin."

'He probably is jealous," Masa said. "They've been raised to be
their only family. They see outsiders as trying to take away their brother.
"

Ueda asked the question that had been bothering him. "Are they
lovers?"

Kame had spent two intense weeks learning about Gotsu culture. Now it was
time for the final. It was a live action sim game. If he didn't pass this, he
would be in major trouble with the empress. He had to act Gotsu. His co-husband
would be Koki.

"We are a unit," Koki reminded him. "We are
brothers."

"Yes, I remember the training," They stood outside the sim
chamber.

The chamber opened and Kame went inside. They were standing outside of a
mansion, the suns were out. There were three of them.

"Ten, she has twenty five husbands," Shingo began to show them
around the building.

Kame did as tradition dictated; he kept quiet until they entered the
men's quarters. There was a large lobby type room with pool tables. One of the
husbands playing looked like Jin. But Kame knew it couldn't really be Jin, just
like the one playing him really couldn't be Maru.

They were taken to a bedroom. "This is your room,"

They went inside. Kame looked around. There was only one bed. Koki and
Kame would have to share. Plus the room was very small; it barely had room for
the bed.

Kame and Koki walked around the men's quarters. He was surprised they
were so small for so many men. Most of the units stuck together. There were
children there, all of them boys of various ages. Even they were in units. One
unit of older boys in their early teens, they played football on the fenced in
area outside. Another group of two watched the older boys playing. These two
were a set of twins.

Kame went back into the house. In a unit room, a small boy was putting
together a puzzle.

"This is a dog," An older boy read from a book. His brother beside him. "I like dogs. This is a
cat."

The boy looked up to Kame ashamed, as if he had been caught doing something
terrible. His eyes large and expressive.The brother, slightly older then the one reading looking up to
Kame.

"The Empress has forbidden Jin to learn." Kame realized this
must be Maru.

"Why would she do such a thing?" Kame asked.

"Jin is retarded."

"I won't tell anyone," Kame promised. He sat on the bed.
"I would like to hear you read Prince Jin."

The young Jin opened his book back up. Then slowly he began to read. His
voice grew stronger the more and more he read.

***********************

Jin was nervous. He had created this sim. The men's quarters were the
same as the one he had grown up in. He hadn't really wanted to do this. But he
has been asked by the Miyagi Empress to create it. Not ordered, but asked. The
only bad part was he had to stay inside the game, to make sure it went right.

Luckily Maru was with him. The two could play a unit.

Minutes passed, and Kame came out of the bedroom area with Koki. Jin went
back to playing his game. He had to act like a sim character.

Kame came up to the table. "I'm Kame, what's your name?"

"Yu," Maru told him. 'We are part of a unit."

"What's this co husbandís name?" Kame asked.

"Sean," Maru told him.

'Want to play a game?" Kame asked Jin.

"Sure," Jin racked up the balls. "I'll let you break."

Kame broke, but didnt' get any balls in the pocket. He looked at Jin
strangely. "It's your turn Sean."

Jin played, that was one thing he really hated about Miyagi, and there
were very few pool tables. All the time they played, Kame watched him, a
strange look on his face.

Jin was able to beat Kame very quickly. Kame went to him. "Jin? Is
that you?"

"I'm sorry," Jin lied. "My name's Sean. Can I help
you?"

Kame grabbed Koki's arm and they went to the other side of the room,
talking to other units. Then one of the children's units came into the room.
That was one thing that Jin hadnít wanted to create, but the empress had
insisted. Kame needed to know exactly what a men's quarters was really like.

The young Jin went up to Kame and began to talk to him, almost as if they
had met before. Kame knelt so that he was at the young Jin's level and began to
talk to him. Kame's entire mood changed when he talked to young Jin. Then Kame
and the young unit went out into the yard.

Jin watched them go. The empress said that Kame would understand him more
if they did this test. Jin wondered if it would do any good. Would Kame really
take him back? All he wanted to do was run to Kame and tell him who he really
was. But Jin knew he couldn't. It would ruin the test. So instead, he began
another pool game with Maru.

All Jin could think of was Kame playing with his young self. If only one of the
empress's husbands had taken an interest in him, then perhaps things would have
been different for Jin. Instead, Jin had been the outcast one, with only his
brothers to care for him.

**********************

"You two are lucky," Shingo told Kame and Koki on their first
night. "Our wife wants an audience with you."

Both Koki and Kame exchanged looks. Finally Koki said. "Our
wife?"

"You know the woman you married?" Shingo smiled. "Don't
worry. You'll be allowed to use passion drugs. Everyone's always nervous on
their first night with her."

Kame followed Shingo to a part of the mansion that men weren't usually
allowed near. Shingo helped the pair undress, shower and put on robes. Then he
gave them both an injection of passion drugs.

"These will last about twelve hours." Shingo told them.
"It gives you enough time to please our wife."

"All right," Kame didn't really feel in control of himself.

Then Shingo left them alone in the bedroom.

"Finally, I'm going to be able to met out some justice," Koki
said. "I'm going to kill that bitch for what she did to Maru."

"It isn't the real empress," Kame reminded him. "She'll
just be an illusion."

"Then the illusion can die. Very slowly, by my
hands. Then I'll tell the computer to revive her, and I'll kill her
again." Koki spat. Then Koki looked at Kame, his entire demeanor changed.
"Gods you're sexy."

"It's the passion drugs." Kame told him.

Koki looked at Kame. "What happens tonight is just a dream,
understand?"

"Yes, I understand." Kame didn't feel drunk, but it was almost
like watching someone else speaking to Koki.

Just then, the door opened. A woman came in. She looked like Junno, but
she was in her forties, she had a large streak of grey in her hair. This was
the woman that Kame hated more then anything. The woman who had ordered a
limiter put into Jin's mind.

"So you two are my new unit," The woman said.

"Yes, your majesty." Kame said.

"What are your names?"

"I am Koki," Koki told her. "This is my brother
Kame."

"I want the youngest to come here and kiss me." She ordered.

Kame went to her, he found himself kissing her lips. She untied his robe
and let it slip to the ground. Then he let her pull him to the bed. She
gestured and Koki joined them in the bed.

Kame hated this woman; he wanted to see her dead. But his body was no
longer in control of itself, and he did what the drugs demanded.

********************

Jin was awake when Kame and Koki returned to the men's quarters. Through
the thin wall, Jin could hear them talk.

"Why couldn't I kill the bitch?" Koki said sadly.

"The same reason I couldn't," Kame told him. "Those drugs
made us loose control of our bodies."

Maru sat up in bed, Jin didn't realize that his brother was also awake.
If it was hard for Jin to hear that Kame was with some one else, it was torture
for Maru.

Jin took Maru's hand and squeezed it. "It wasn't their fault."

"I know," Maru said softly.

"If you want to go to him, you can." Jin told his brother.
"I've fixed the game so that you won't be caught."

Maru didn't answer, instead he fell silent. They could overhear the
conversation between Koki and Kame again.

"If I was in control of myself, I would never have cheated on
Maru." Koki sounded guilty. "How am I going to tell him instead of
killing the person who ordered his lover to be tortured to death, I slept with
her?"

"I called Jin a whore, and look what I did." Kame said.

"I'm going to take a shower, I feel dirty." Koki left the room.

Maru jumped to his feet. He was going to follow Koki to the bath room.
Jin was surprised when his bedroom door opened. Koki almost ran right into
Maru.

"Maru, it is you." Koki breathed.

Maru shut the door to the hallway. Then took Koki into
his arms. He began to kiss his neck, his lips.

Koki pulled away from him. "How can you stand to touch me after what
I did?"

"I've taken the passion drugs before," Maru told him as he
pulled him back into his arms. "I know you didn't want it."

"You're the only one I love." Koki said between kisses.

Jin as quietly as he could grab a blanket and pillow and went into the
closet. He lay down then shut the door.

"Why did Jin just do that?" Koki asked.

"He's my brother." Maru said. "He knows what I want. What I need right now."

"What's that?"

"We need to love each other." Maru told him. "I need it
because I want to know you still want me. You need it because right now you
need the touch of the one you love."

"You're right, I do." Koki admitted. "I will kill that
bitch for you."

"Yes, someday you will." Maru kissed him again.

Jin could hear the squeak of the bed springs as the two lovers got on the
bed. Then he closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep. He realized it was going
to be a very long night.

**********************

It was breakfast time; the bell had run three times. Kame felt like
ignoring it. But he remembered that he was going through the test. He had to
follow the rules or he would be sent to Klom. A place that
Kame never wanted to go to.

Koki had returned sometime before Kame had woken up. He had disappeared
somewhere, presumably to take a shower, but Kame knew that most showers didn't
take hours. Kame wondered if Koki was still trying to find a way to kill the
empress.

The children, Kame had forgotten about them. He knew they weren't real,
but they seemed so real to him. He got out of bed and pulled his clothes on.

Kame walked to the dining room. Some of the men glared at the pair,
almost as if they were jealous of them. Kame couldn't understand why anyone
would want what he had been put through.

Then he saw the row of very hungry looking boys. Kame hadn't eaten the
night before; he had been called to the Empress rooms before he was able to. He
wondered if the children had gone without their dinner.

Kame and Koki got their food. It wasn't anything fancy. Just a bowl of rice, some fruit and some coffee.

Then it was time for the children to get their food. One of the older
units was greedy. They each took two bowls of rice and most of the fruit. There
was enough food for the second unit. But there wasn't enough food for the third
unit. All that was left was an orange and a banana.

Young Maru went to the serving table and picked up the banana and orange.
He took it back to his brothers.

Young Junno was crying. "I'm so hungry."

"It's all right," Young Maru guided his two younger brothers to
a table. "We'll divide up the fruit."

Young Jin pealed the orange. He divided it into thirds. Kame was
surprised when he gave the smallest to himself. "Here Junno, don't cry.
See how much orange you got?"

Young Maru also divided his banana. He gave the largest piece to Young
Junno. "Have this banana. It will tide you over to lunch."

Young Junno stopped crying and ate his food. The pieces of fruit the
older two had were so much smaller then the ones they gave Junno. Jin without
saying anything passed his to Junno, who ate it.

"I'm still hungry," Young Junno said softly.

"Perhaps if we're lucky we'll be allowed to eat some of the table scraps,"
Young Jin told him.

"There should be a lot of scraps," Young Maru tried to
reassure. "After everyone leaves, we'll go through the trash."

Kame was angry, very angry. Why would princes have to go through the
trash for their food? It didn't make sense. He marched up to the oldest unit of
children. "You are keeping your brothers from eating."

"So?" One asked. "We're older; we deserve to get some
food."

"Each of you is going to give up one bowl of rice, or I'll go to the
empress." Kame threatened.

"You heard him," Koki went to Kame. "You're brothers; you
should make sure that everyone gets to eat."

"Their not our unit," the oldest one pointed out.

"We are loyal only to our unit." The middle one said.

"They need to learn to take care of their own unit." The
youngest said. "There should be enough for them to eat out of the
trash."

Kame got a tray; he and Koki took the extra food from the unit. The teens
protested, but none of them fought back.

Kame took the tray of food to Young Maru's table.

"You shouldn't have done that," Young Maru told him.

"But you're starving." Kame said.

"We are used to being hungry." Young Maru said. "We are
the youngest, we always starve."

"Besides," Young Jin said. "As soon as your back is
turned, they will take the food away."

"They won't if we stay here with you." Koki went and got Kame
and his breakfast.

Kame passed out the food. It was only rice. But young Junno smiled and
clapped with joy when the bowl was sat in front of him. "Look Maru it's
still hot! We get to eat hot food!"

"You're right, it is hot." Young Jin said.

"Can I eat it?" Young Junno asked. "Please Maru."

'Yes, of course you can." Young Maru told him.

Young Jin looked at Kame. His eyes large.
"Thank you for giving us food."

*********************

"I found out something," Koki told Kame later in the morning.
They were sitting in the back garden, watching Young Jin play ball. Usually
Young Jin was always with his unit, this time he was alone.

"What?" Kame asked Koki.

"The empress had a husband named Sean," Koki whispered.

"I know that, I've seen him."

"You don't understand. What he's doing in this game?" Koki
asked. "Sean was executed when Jin was only three."

"Why?"

"Treason," Koki's voice got even lower. "He fell in love
with a co-husband. The two of them tried to escape together. They tried to take
Jin's unit with them. Maru told me that Sean was Jin's father."

"Why would they do that?" Then it hit Kame. "How did he
know he was Jin's father?"

"I don't know." Koki said. "The one he escaped with was
named Yu. He looked like Maru."

"I see, so there are two men in this game that shouldn't be here."
Kame guessed.

"If this was based on Jin's memories, how would he even remember
Sean or Yu?" Kame asked.

Just then, Young Jin's ball bounced near Kame. He picked it up and threw
it back to him.

"But why would Jin gets punished more then Maru was?" Kame
asked.

"Because Sean used to be the Empress's chief
husband." Koki said. "Now I have two more reasons to want that
bitch dead."

"I keep telling you, you can't kill her."

"Why not? She deserves to die." Koki
countered.

"Because I don't want to go to Klom!"
Kame said a little too loud.

Young Jin looked up to him from his ball. Kame realized they would have
to stop talking.

Kame went to Young Jin. 'Want to play catch ball?"

"I love playing catch ball!' The boy said.

"Where is the rest of your unit?" Kame asked as he tossed the
ball.

"They're in the learning room." The boy caught it. "They
then have a field trip, to the museum."

"Are you going?"

"I got to stay here," Young Jin said. "I'm not smart
enough to go on trips."

"I have an idea." Kame said. "Why don't we spend the day
together playing?"

"I would like that," Young Jin's eyes were so eager, so
intelligent.

Kame suddenly felt like he understood Jin a lot more then he did before
he went into the game. Jin, the lonely little boy.Punished for things that he couldn't control. The only thing
he had even close to a family was Maru and Junno.

Kame knew that if he passed this game, he would have to go to Jin. To apologize to him. Kame was sorry that he ever asked Jin
to divorce his brothers. Perhaps, when all this was done, they could be
friends. Kame hoped so. He needed a friend like Jin.

***************************

Three days passed, every night Kame was called to the quarters of the
Empress. Every night he had wished for the night to end, that this would be the
last night. Jin had lived this hell for his entire life. How could he stand the
pain?

Young Jin had looked at Kame with his huge brown eyes and asked if Kame
could take them swimming. Kame had smiled and told them to get their suits.
Kame realized that this game was even stranger then Disneyland. At least that
one didn't star people from Jin's memories.

Kame had kept an eye on young Jin. No adult paid attention to him. He was
ignored by every adult in his life. Instead, Jin's brothers cared for him. Kame
had learned from watching them what a unit really was. Not married in the sense
Kame had always thought it meant, but a bond beyond friendship, beyond family.

So he decided to go swimming. He went to the palaces dressing room.
Through the one way mirror, Kame could see someone else was in the pool. It was
the one that looked like Jin; he got out and climbed the steps to the diving
board. Which faced the dressing room. On his back was
several octagons shaped scars. The latest one was still red.

Another person climbed out of the pool, Maru also had scars on his back.

"Koki, come here." he asked his cousin

"What is it?"

"Look at Prince Sean and Prince Yu's back." Kame nodded towards
the pool. "Do you know what could cause scars like that?"

"You're not supposed to know about that." Koki told him.
"He didn't want to distract you in the game."

Just then, young Jin walked up to him. "Prince Kame, is my suit on
right?"

"Let me see," Kame told the young boy.

The young Jin turned around, his back free from scars. "I don't have
my own suit. I had to borrow one of Maru's."

"You look great."

"See, told you Jin!" Maru teased.

Young Junno danced around in his suit. He too didnt' have scars on his
back.

"Come on boys, let's' go swimming." Kame told him.

**************************

Jin loved to swim, he always felt free in the pool. But because of his
scars he could only swim when no one else was swimming. The pain from his
broken heart didn't hurt as much as he dived. That was one thing that he had
learned since coming to Miyagi, how to swim.

Jin wasn't sure how the pool came to be. On Gotsu Jin hadn't been allowed
to go swimming. But then he realized that this must have come from Maru's
memories. The game hadn't just been based on his memory prints, but the other
two members of the units. The prints had been made after they had their
limiters removed. To help with their recovery.

Jin heard noise coming from the changing room. Then the three young
brothers came out in their suits. Young Junno jumped in the shallow end of the
pool and began to play. Young Jin stood by the pool terrified. With
encouragement from Young Maru, he finally got into the pool, but stayed in the
very shallow end.

In a way, it hurt Jin to see the young version of him doing things that
he never was never allowed to do. Kame did all sorts of things with Young Jin.
He took him to the park, to museums, even to the pool. In reality, all Young
Jin did was stay in the men's quarters. He lived off of what his brother's told
him about the outside world.

Jin was about to call for the computer, to make them go back to the men's
quarters when Kame and Koki came into the pool area.

Kame got into the shallow end with the boys and began to play with them.
Jin wondered why Kame did it. He must have realized who the boys were. Why did
he spend so much time with them?

Maru's face lit up when he saw Koki. Maru was in love, there was no doubt
about that. He went to Koki, and began to talk to him, standing way too close
to him.

Koki didn't step back away from Maru. Instead, he stepped even closer.
They looked into each other's eyes as they talked.

After a couple of minutes of talking, Maru walked to the changing room,
followed by Koki. They had barely gotten into the changing room, when the
couple began to kiss passionately. Koki shoved his brother against the wall as
they kissed. After kissing for quite some time, Koki took Maru's hand and led
him even deep into the dressing room.

All Jin could think about was that Maru was breaking the law. Both Koki
and Maru would be tortured for this. This wasn't Miyagi, they weren't free
here. What the two of them were doing was treason.

Jin wanted to run to his brother, to tell him to stop. But his brother
was so happy. Jin realized he had to give Maru this little bit of happiness.

Kame was sitting on the edge of the shallow side. He was smiling at the
young unit. Jin knew that he had to at least tell him hello.

"Good afternoon, Prince." Jin got out of the pool and sat at
the edge.

"Good afternoon," Kame looked him over. "Sean isn't
it?"

"Yes, Sean." He agreed.

"I know who you really are," Kame said. "Maru and Koki
going at it like bunnies is what confirmed it."

"I have to be in the game, in case something wrong happens."
Jin explained. "At least thatís what the empress wanted me to do. But
please, don't tell on Maru."

"Why would you tell on me?" The young Maru said overhearing.

"Silly, I wouldn't tell on you!' Kame told him.

The young Maru went back to playing with his brothers.

"Tell me, why do you play with them?" Jin asked.

"Because young Jin looks so lonely."
Kame admitted. "Didn't any of your mother's husbands play with him?"

"There was one husband." Jin said sadly. "He cared for me
when I was very young. His arms used to be so strong
as he rocked me to sleep. He was so wonderful to me. You one asked me about a
father. He used to tell me he was my father. But I couldn't remember his face.
But Maru did. He's the one that told me that I looked like him."

"What happened to him?"

"He was arrested for treason when I was three." Jin told him.
"After that, I was alone."

"NO one else cared for you?"

"All I had was my brothers." Jin said. "Sometimes some of
the princes might take my brothers to do things. But I was never invited."

"Why not?"

"I was the retarded one. The slow one."
Jin suddenly looked very sad. "Why would anyone want to take a simpleton
anywhere?"

"I'll make you a deal." Jin decided. "If
you leave the empress harmless in this game. I'll create a game just for
you. You can kill the empress and Shikayko in that one. You'll be able to kill
her over and over in it."

"All right," Koki seemed to be satisfied.

****************************

Kame woke to find that he was sleeping on the floor instead of the holo bed. He nudged the sleeping Koki. "I think the
test is over."

Koki opened his eyes and rolled over. "I was sleeping so well
too."

The sim chamber opened and the Empress of Miyagi came in, followed by
Jin.

Kame got to his feet, quickly followed by Koki.

"I have your test results Kame," His mother told him.

"Am I going to Klom?" Kame asked.

"Not this time," The Empress smiled. "Tell me, did you
learn much about Gotsu culture?"

"That it's different from ours, but at the same time there are good
things about it." Kame said.

"What about the unit system?"

"Those who are picked to be in units are the lucky ones." Kame
told her.

"Great," She smiled. "Is there anything you would like to
ask?"

"I met someone there, a young boy." He told her. "Is there
any way that I would be able sometimes visit him in the game?"

"But the empress of Gotsu had many husbands to care for him."

"Not this one, he was overlooked by everyone." Kame said.
"I know that he isn't really real. But I would like the chance to spend
time with him."

"If you wish. We should ask the creator if
its' all right with him?" She turned to Jin.

"The test was based on the memories of my unit." Jin looked
into his eyes. "I know for a fact that the young boy would have adored
having someone like you in his life."

"Perhaps it isn't too late." Kame looked into his eyes.

"It's never too late." Jin agreed.

The empress left, then Koki left looking for Maru. That left Kame alone
with Jin.

"I am sorry. I did things I didn't want to with the empress. They
gave me drugs." Kame went to Jin taking his hand. "Please forgive
me."

"I all ready have." Jin brought Kame's hand to his lips and
kissed it. "There's one thing. If we become involved, I can't divorce my
brothers."

"I no longer want you to." Kame told him. "I now
understand about the hell you went through."

"Can I kiss you?" Jin asked.

"You never have to ask." Kame said, before he was swept away by
Jin's kiss.

Then Jin pulled away from him. "I created a special game for us. For our first time."

"We don't need a game for that." Kame couldn't help but notice
how sad Jin suddenly looked. "But I would love to see your special
game."

That made Jin perk up. He gave the computer
orders. They were suddenly in a field of flowers. The sky was blue, and there
was only one sun.

Then Jin was kissing Kame again. Kame sighed and gave into the kiss.
"You know me now." Jin said between kisses. "You know all about
me. Where I came from. Please, can you accept
me?"

'The test made me love you more then I thought I could ever love someone."
Kame confessed. "The small lonely child that lives
inside you. I want to comfort him."

"Without him, I could never have met you." Jin told him.
"I never thought I would be able to love until I met you."

"I do love you, all of you." Kame pulled Jin to the ground.
Their first time together would always be special. But then, Kame knew that
their life together would always be special. Because they had
each other.